Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class Auction named to Krischke and indicating

named to Krischke and indicating that he applied for entrance on 27 October 1944 for November entrance

The picture postcard shows a group of highly decorated army officers

the Battalion was reorganized as the Canadian Machine Gun Depot

with tissue insert

in turn overlaid by a white cotton diamond bearing a machine-embroidered black mobile swastika

Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class Auction named to Krischke and indicating(Kriegskreuz fr Zivilverdienste IV. Klasse). Instituted 16 August 1915. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse joined through the quadrants by an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central medallion bearing the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by an inscription of MERITO CIVIL TEMPORE BELLO MCMXV (CIVIL MERIT IN A TIME OF WAR 1915), the reverse with two visible rivets securing the